Page-turning YA Romance & Mystery

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	• The China Garden Liz Berry HarperTeen, 1999 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 120 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Amazing

Ms. Berry has brought another winner to avid readers everywhere. What a joy and a thrill it was for me to read this book.

Brilliant in all aspects and spellbinding as well. She truly has a gift for writing.

Page-turning YA Romance & Mystery

Lots of imagination & suspense & also chemistry between the characters. I really enjoyed it. It's been months since I could get into any book & this one kept me interested.

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the best

I have read this book over and over again. I may have read it for the first time at about the age of twelve, but I do feel that the book is captivating for woman of any age. It is mystical, but in a way that feels real and like I might belong, too, to an estate like Ravensmere.
I have been inexplicably drawn to this book, like Claire to Ravensmere, the garden and the biker, for ages.
On top of that I have discovered that the author is one of the nicest around!
The book is magic!

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A Mystery Woven With Skill

An intricate web of lore, romance, and mystery, this novel raises some interesting thoughts about the pressure of inheritance and the suffocating nature of responsibility. The plot is well thought out and mysterious, and as a reader you can feel yourself being slowly sucked into the story, lured by the many cryptic clues that lead up to the climax.

Ravensmere, the old country estate that is the setting of the story, is so deeply saturated with history and emotion that it is almost like a character, too alive and potent to be merely a part of the scenery. It creates a mysterious, intoxicating mood for the book simply through its presence, and provides the perfect location for a subtle mystery story.

In much the same way, Clare Meredith provides the perfect heroine for such a story. She is sharp, level-headed and sensible, believable and realistic, just like any ordinary person until she comes to Ravensmere and discovers her seer-like powers and bizarre connection to the estate and its puzzling past.

The only major flaw that I discovered upon reading the novel was that it took a while to get into. Nothing really happened within the first hundred pages to capture my interest. The plot only really starts speeding up after Clare meets Mark, and even then it could be quite slow-moving at times. Rather then hauling the reader in with explosive action or suspense, the author relies on her elaborate plot with its many mysterious references to draw your attention.

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my favorite book

This is my favorite book ever. Mystery, intrigue, incredible plot and character development, romance, it's got it all! Liz Berry is a great author.

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